Douglas Walton

University of Windsor

401 Sunset Avenue

Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4

Canada

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1.

Why Fallacies Appear to Be Better Arguments than They Are

Informal Logic, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 159-184, 2010
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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The Argumentative Uses of Emotive Language

Revista Iberoamericana de Argumentacion, 1(1), 2010, 1-33.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 1,386 (29,199)
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loded terms, persuasive definitions, argumentation, fallacies

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The Basic Slippery Slope Argument

Informal Logic, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2015), pp. 273-311
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2015
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation schemes, fallacies, genetics, argumentation, eugenics

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What is Propaganda, and What Exactly is Wrong with it?

Public Affairs Quarterly, 11, 1997, 383-413
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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bias, fallacies, deceptive argumentation, discourse analysis

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The Slippery Slope Argument in the Ethical Debate on Genetic Engineering of Humans

D. Walton,The Slippery Slope Argument in the Ethical Debate on Genetic Engineering of Humans. Science and Engineering Ethics, 23(6), 2017, 1507-1528.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 1,008 (47,057)
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argumentation schemes, genetic enhancement, gene editing, germline therapy

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Argumentation Schemes. History, Classifications, and Computational Applications

Macagno, F., Walton, D. & Reed, C. (2017). Argumentation Schemes. History, Classifications, and Computational Applications. Journal of Logics and their Applications 4(8): 2493-2556
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Dec 2017
Fabrizio Macagno, Douglas Walton and Chris Reed
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Windsor and University of Dundee - School of Computing
Downloads 648 (84,823)
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Argument Mining by Applying Argumentation Schemes

Studies in Logic, 4(1), 2011, 38-64
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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finding arguments, discourse analysis, types of arguments, artificial intelligence, informal logic

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Argument from Definition to Verbal Classification: The Case of Redefining 'Planet' to Exclude Pluto

Informal Logic, Vol. 28, pp. 129-154, 2008
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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scientific defintion, argument from classifcation, argumentation from defintion

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Similarity, Precedent and Argument from Analogy

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 394 (155,403)
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stories, case-based reasoning, argument from classification, argumentation

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How to Refute an Argument Using Artificial Intelligence

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 23(36), pp. 123-154, 2011
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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how to attack and argument, argumentation, ad hominem argument, argumentation schemes, argument visualization

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Commitment, Types of Dialogue and Fallacies

Informal Logic, 14, 1993, 93-103
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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fallacies, dialogue, ad hominem, slippery slope, argumentation, dark-side commitments

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Defeasible Reasoning and Informal Fallacies

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Mar 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation, informal fallacies, argumentation schemes, heuristics, errors

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Persuasive Definitions: Values, Meanings and Implicit Disagreements

Informal Logic, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 203-228, 2008
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 252 (249,975)

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clarification dialogues, communication failure, conflicts of meanings, conflicts of values, emotive meaning, quasi-definitions, value-based argumentation

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Arguments of Statutory Interpretation and Argumentation Schemes

International Journal of Legal Discourse 2017; 2(1): 47–83
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Aug 2017
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 248 (254,010)
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arguments, statutory interpretation, argumentation schemes, defeasible reasoning, pragmatics

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The Ethics of Courage

Danish translation, Modets Etik, chapter 11 in Den Modige Leder, ed. Karsten Mellon, Frederikshavn: Dafolo A/S, 2018, 171-183.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Feb 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 237 (265,442)

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virtue ethics, character evidence, ptactical reasoning

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Burdens and Standards of Proof for Inference to the Best Explanation

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 11 Apr 2012
Floris Bex and Douglas Walton
University of Groningen and University of Windsor
Downloads 225 (279,115)
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burden of proof, inference to the best explanation, arguments, stories

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Presumptions in Legal Argumentation

Ratio Juris. Vol. 25 No. 3 September 2012 (271–300)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Jun 2012
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
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Argument from Analogy in Legal Rhetoric

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2013
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Oct 2013
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation, legal reasoning, closing argument, persuasion

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The Epistemology of Scientific Evidence

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2013
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Oct 2013
Douglas Walton and Nanning Zhang
University of Windsor and China University of Political Science and Law
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expert witness testimony, Carneades Argumentation System, standards of admissibility

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Epistemic and Deontic Authority in the Argumentum Ad Verecundiam

Pragmatics and Society, 10(2), 2019, 151-179.
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Jun 2019
Marcin Koszowy and Douglas Walton
University of Bialystok and University of Windsor
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administrative (deontic) authority, fallacious argument from authority (argumentum ad verecundiam), argument from expert opinion, critical questioning

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Pragmatic Maxims and Presumptions in Legal Interpretation

Forthcoming, Law and Philosophy, DOI: 10.1007/s10982-017-9306-4
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Jun 2017
Fabrizio Macagno, Douglas Walton and Giovanni Sartor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Windsor and European University Institute Law Department
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Pragmatics, Interpretation, Grice, Maxims, Argumentation, Presumptions

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Analogical Reasoning and Semantic Rules of Inference

Macagno, F., Walton, D., & Tindale, C. W. (2014). Analogical Reasoning and Semantic Rules of Inference. Revue internationale de philosophie, 270(4), 419-432.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Feb 2015
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Windsor and University of Windsor
Downloads 192 (323,816)

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analogy, reasoning, artistotle, interpretation, inference

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Teleological Justification of Argumentation Schemes

Artificial Intelligence and Law, 27, 20, 2013, 111-142
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Dec 2013
Douglas Walton and Giovanni Sartor
University of Windsor and European University Institute Law Department
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argumentation, dialogues, defeasible reasoning, attack

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Formalizing Informal Logic

Douglas Walton and Thomas F. Gordon, Formalizing Informal Logic, Informal Logic 35(4), 2015, 508-538.
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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informal logic; formal argumentation systems; real arguments; premise acceptability; conductive argument; RSA triangle; relevance; sufficiency

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When Expert Opinion Evidence Goes Wrong

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 178 (346,882)
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unjust conviction, expert opinion evidence, ad verecundiam fallacy, faulty legal reasoning

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An Argumentation Framework for Contested Cases of Statutory Interpretation

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Vol. 24, No. 1, p. 51-91, 2016
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Oct 2016
Douglas Walton, Giovanni Sartor and Fabrizio Macagno
University of Windsor, European University Institute Law Department and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Downloads 174 (353,843)
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Argumentation Systems, Interpreting Statutes, Ordinary Language Meaning, Argument from Purpose, Ambiguity, Abductive Reasoning, Argumentation Schemes

Character Attacks as Complex Strategies of Legal Argumentation

International Journal of Law, Language and Discourse, 2(3), 2012, 59-117
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2013
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 61 (735,632)
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ad hominem fallacy, legal argumentation, personal attack, relevance, admissibility, testimony

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The Carneades Model of Argument Invention

Pragmatics and Cognition, 20(1), 2012, 1-31
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2012
Douglas Walton and Thomas Gordan
University of Windsor and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 174 (353,843)
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proof standards, argument construction, argumentation schemes, rhetorical argumentation, finding an argument, proof standards, argument visualization, artificial intelligence

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Metadialogues for Resolving Burden of Proof Disputes

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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hierarchical metalanguages, dialectical shifts, legal argumentation, presumption, speech acts, burden of persuasion, evidence and proof, deadlocked dispute, metalogic of arguments

30.

Poisoning the Well

Argumentation, Vol. 20, pp. 273-307, 2006
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Mar 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 167 (366,675)

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ad hominem, bias, commitment, personal attack, fallacy, argumentation

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Finding the Logic in Argumentation

Inside Arguments: Logic and the Study of Argumentation, H. Ribeiro, ed., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, 37-55
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 164 (372,490)

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defeasible logic, Carneades Argumentation System, expert opinion, defeasible modus ponens

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Argumentation Schemes and Their Application to Argument Mining

Studies in Critical Thinking, ed. J. A. Blair, Windsor Studies in Argumentation, vol. 8, 2019, 177-211.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 155 (390,912)

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teaching critical thinking, argument diagramming, natural language discourse

Reasoning from Paradigms and Negative Evidence

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
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argument from ignorance, lack of evidence, argumentation, negation, classification under lack of knowledge, defeasible reasoning, burden of proof, Gricean maxims, scalar predicates

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The Argumentative Structure of Persuasive Definitions

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 525-549, 2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 151 (399,427)
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Values, Emotive words, Persuasion, Approva, Condemnation, Argument from values, Definitions

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Value-Based Practical Reasoning

From Knowledge Representation to Argumentation in AI, Law and Policy Making: a Festschrift in Honour of Trevor Bench-Capon, ed. K. Atkinson, H. Prakken and A. Wyner. London: College Publications, 2013, 259-282
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Mar 2014
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation, critical questions, goal-directed reasoning, values, argument from negative consequences

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The Sunk Costs Fallacy or Argument from Waste

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 06 May 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 148 (405,973)
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Precommitment, dialogue, economics, practical reasoning, argumentation, rationality, fallacies, decision-making, commitment, self-binding

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Rules for Reasoning from Knowledge and Lack of Knowledge

Philosophia (Israel), Vol. 34, pp. 355-376, 2006
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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reasoning from knowledge, ignorance, closed world assumption

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A Classification System for Argumentation Schemes

Argument and Computation, Vol. 6(3), p. 219-245, 2015
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Oct 2016
Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno
University of Windsor and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Downloads 133 (441,928)
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Argument Representation; Argument Interpretation; Computational Models of Natural Language Argument

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Classifying the Patterns of Natural Arguments.

Macagno, F. & Walton, D. (2015). Classifying the patterns of natural arguments. Philosophy & Rhetoric, 48(1), 26-53.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Mar 2015
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 133 (441,928)
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Argumentation schemes, pragmatics, interpretation, reasoning, semantic relations

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Arguments from Fairness and Misplaced Priorities in Political Argumentation

Journal of Politics and Law, 6(3), 2013, 78-94
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Oct 2013
Douglas Walton and Hans Hansen
University of Windsor and University of Windsor - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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argumentation schemes, political rhetoric, argument mining, argument mapping

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Proleptic Argumentation

Argumentation and Advocacy, Vol. 44, pp. 143-154, 2008
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation strategy, marketing, persuasion, anticipating audience objections

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Classification and Ambiguity: The Role of Definition in a Conceptual System

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, Vol. 16, No. 29, pp. 1-20
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jan 2011
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
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semantics, argumentation, definition, ontologies, classification

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Enthymemes, Argumentation Schemes, and Topics

Logique et Analyse, Vol. 205, pp. 39-56, 2009
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Jan 2011
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 121 (475,668)
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Enthymeme, plausible reasoning, argumentation schemes, defeasibility

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Intelligent Practical Reasoning for Autonomous Agents: An Introduction

Review of European Studies, 8(1), 2016.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Feb 2016
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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goal-based reasoning, political deliberation, means-end reasoning, value-based reasoning

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Examination Dialogue: An Argumentation Framework for Critically Questioning an Expert Opinion

Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 38, pp. 745-777, 2006
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
Downloads 106 (524,864)
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expert opinion testimony; computational dialectics, witness testimony, dialogue theory, discovering inconsistency, fallacies

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A Dialogical Theory of Presumption

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Vol. 16, pp. 209-243, 2008
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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evidential reasoning, burden of proof, argumentation, dialogue model, defeasible reasoning.

47.

Analogical Arguments in Persuasive and Deliberative Contexts

D. Walton and C. Hyra, Analogical Arguments in Persuasive and Deliberative Contexts, Informal Logic, 38(2), 2018, 213-261.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jan 2019
Douglas Walton and C. Hyra
University of Windsor and University of Windsor
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argumentation schemes, dialectical contexts, reasoning from analogy

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Applying Recent Argumentation Methods to Some Ancient Examples of Plausible Reasoning

Argumentation, 28(1), 2014, 85-119
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Mar 2014
University of Windsor, University of Windsor and University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP
Downloads 99 (550,473)
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Carneades, ancient skepticism, artificial intelligence, legal argumentation, inference to the best explanation

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Story Similarity in Arguments from Analogy

Informal Logic, 32(2), 2012, 199-218
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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narratives, explanations, analogy, similarity

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Practical Reasoning: A Modular Approach

F. Macagno and D. Walton, Practical Reasoning: A Modular Approach, Argumentation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Feb 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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How Computational Tools Can Help Rhetoric and Informal Logic with Argument Invention

D. Walton and T. F. Gordon, Argumentation, 33(2), 2019, 269-295.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Jun 2019
Douglas Walton and Thomas F. Gordon
University of Windsor and University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP
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rhetorical invention, artificial intelligence, argument mining, computational linguistics

How Computational Tools Can Help Rhetoric and Informal Logic With Argument Invention

Argumentation, 2018
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Douglas Walton and Thomas F. Gordon
University of Windsor and University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP
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rhetorical invention, artificial intelligence, argument mining, computational linguistics

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Using Conversation Policies to Solve Problems of Ambiguity in Argumentation and Artificial Intelligence

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Mar 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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conversational rules, polysemy, equivocation, amphiboly, legal

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Some Artificial Intelligence Tools for Argument Evaluation: An Introduction

Argumentation, Vol. 30(3), p. 317-340, 2016
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Oct 2016
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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Argument Representation; Argument Interpretation; Computational Models of Natural Language Argument

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Profiles of Dialogue for Relevance

Informal Logic, 36 (4): 523- 556
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 May 2017
Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno
University of Windsor and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Downloads 92 (576,893)
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profiles of dialogue, fallacies, argumentation, probative relevance, direct relevance, indirect relevance

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Implicatures as Forms of Argument

A. Capone et al. (eds.), Perspectives on Pragmatics and Philosophy (pp. 203-224). Berlin/New York: Springer, 2013
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 02 May 2014
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
Downloads 91 (580,848)
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Implicatures, argumentation, reasoning, interpretation, best explanation, presumption

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Visualization Tools, Argumentation Schemes and Expert Opinion Evidence in Law

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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expert opinion evidence, defeasible reasoning, argumentation, raising doubts

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Formalizing Balancing Arguments

T. F. Gordon and D. Walton, Proceedings of the 2016 Conference on Computational Models of Argument (COMMA 2016), Amsterdam: IOS Press, 327-338
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Oct 2016
Thomas F. Gordon and Douglas Walton
University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP and University of Windsor
Downloads 89 (588,732)
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structured argumentation, argument evaluation, argument accrual, cumulative arguments, balancing arguments

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Argument Kinds and Argument Roles in the Ontario Provincial Election

Journal of Argumentation in Context, 2(2), 2013, 226-258
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Oct 2013
Hans Hansen and Douglas Walton
University of Windsor - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and University of Windsor
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Argumentation scheme, dialectical role, argumentation profile, practical reasoning, appeal to negative consequences

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Argument Invention with the Carneades Argumentation System

(2017) 14:2 SCRIPTed 168
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2018
Douglas Walton and Thomas F. Gordon
University of Windsor and University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP
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rhetoric, invention, legal argumentation, finding arguments, computational argument systems

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A Dialogue System Specification for Explanation

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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explanation, speech acts, formal dialogue systems, understanding

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Building a System of Finding Objections to an Argument

Argumentation, 26(3), 2012, 369-391
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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The Carneades Argumentation Sytem, attacking an argument, argumentation schemes, argument mapping

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A Dialogue Model of Belief

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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commitment, practical reasoning, dialogue systems, argumrentation, fixation of belief, defeasible reasoning.

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Modeling Critical Questions as Additional Premises

Proceedings of the 8th International OSSA Conference, Windsor, Ontario, ed. F. Zenker, 2011
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Jan 2013
Douglas Walton and Thomas F. Gordon
University of Windsor and University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP
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argumentation schemes, critical questions, artificial intelligence, Carneades system, shifting initiative in dialogue, argument from expert opinion, argument evaluation

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Plausible Argumentation in Eikotic Arguments: The Ancient Weak versus Strong Man Example

Argumentation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation schemes, legal argumentation, artificial intelligence, ancient philosophy

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Burden of Proof in a Modified Hamblin Dialogue System

Informal Logic, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 279-304, 2011
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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formal dialogue systems, speech acts, shifting burden of proof, argument from ignorance

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Value-Based Argumentation in Mass Audience Persuasion Dialogues

D. Walton, COGENCY Vol. 9, No. 1 (139-159), Winter 2017, 139-159.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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rhetorical argumentation, persuasion dialogue, instrumental practical reasoning, argument from values, argumentation schemes, critical questions

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Reasoning About Knowledge Using Defeasible Logic

Argument and Computation Vol. 2, No. 2-3, 2011, pp.131-155
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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bounded procedural rationality, defeasible logic, inquiry, Carneades Argumentation System, truth and knowledge, evidence, standards of proof, scientific knowledge, falsification, reasoning from absence of knowledge

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Dialectical Models of Deliberation, Problem Solving and Decision Making

Argumentation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Douglas Walton, Alice Toniolo and Timothy Norman
University of Windsor, University of St. Andrews and University of Aberdeen
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deliberation dialogue, typology of deliberation, computational models, changing the issue

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Teleological Argumentation to and from Motives

Law, Probability and Risk, No. 10, 2011, pp. 203-223
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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motives, artificial intelligence, reasoning, argument, explanation, evidential reasoning

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Computational Dialectic and Rhetorical Invention

AI and Society, 26(1), 2011, 3-17
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Apr 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argument invention, finding new arguments, rhetoric, artficial intelligence, Carneades

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Cumulative Arguments in Artificial Intelligence and Informal Logic

Revista Iboamericana Argumentacion, Vol. 14(2), p.1-28, 2017
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Aug 2017
Douglas Walton and Thomas F. Gordon
University of Windsor and University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP
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Formal Argumentation Systems, Evidence Accumulating Arguments, Argument Evaluation, Sherlock Holmes

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The Speech Act of Presumption by Reversal of Burden of Proof

In Presumptions and Burdens of Proof, ed. H. V. Hansen, F. J. Kauffeld, J. B. Freeman, and L. Bermejo-Luque. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 220-233, 2014
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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presumption, argumentation, reasoning, shifting the burden of proof

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Profiles of Dialogue: A Method of Argument Fault Diagnosis and Repair

Argumentation & Advocacy, Volume 52(2), pp. 89-106, 2015
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 May 2016
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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Informal Fallacies; Directed Graphs; Formal Models of Dialogue; Artificial Intelligence

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The Structure of Argumentation in Health Product Messages

Argument and Computation, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 179-198, 2010
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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marketing, persuasion, direct-to-consumer ads, practical reasoning, argumentation

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Conflict Diagrams for Cross-Examination Dialogues

Argumentation and Advocacy, 2018
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation, formal dialogue models, examination, legal argumentation, questioning

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Are Circular Arguments Necessarily Vicious?

American Philosophical Quarterly 22, 1985, 263-274.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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circular argments, fallacy of being the question

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Analogical Arguments: Inferential Structures and Defeasibility Conditions

Argumentation, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp 221–243, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 May 2017
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Windsor and University of Windsor
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Argumentation, Analogy, Pragmatics, Interpretation, Aristotle, Semantics

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Witness Impeachment in Cross-Examination Using Ad Hominem Argumentation

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 55(68), 2018, 93-114.
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 22 May 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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legal argumentation, character attack, legal analytics, artificial intelligence

79.

An Argumentation Model of Forensic Evidence in Fine Art Attribution

AI and Society, 28(4), 2013, 509-530
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Feb 2020
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argument mapping, evidential reasoning, Leonardo da Vinci, La Bella Principessa, inference to the best explanation

80.

How to Make and Defend a Proposal in Deliberation Dialogue

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Vol. 14, pp. 177-239, 2006
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argumentation, speech acts, proposal, practical reasoning, argumentation schemes

81.

From Text to Scheme: Problems in Identifying Arguments from Expert Opinion

D. Walton and M. Koszowy, From Text to Scheme: Problems in Identifying Argument from Expert Opinion, International Review of Pragmatics, 11(1), 2019, 109-136.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 31 Jan 2019
Douglas Walton and Marcin Koszowy
University of Windsor and University of Bialystok
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arguments from authority, argument mining, argumentation

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Practical Reasoning and the Act of Naming Reality

F. Macagno and D. Walton, Practical Reasoning and the Act of Naming Reality, Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 72(4), 2018, 393-404.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Feb 2019
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
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decision making, argumentation schemes, goal-based reasoning

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Emotive Meaning in Political Argumentation

F. Macagno and D. Walton, Informal Logic 39(3), 2019, 229-261.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and University of Windsor
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emotive language, Donald Trump, slurs, pragmatics, argumentation schemes, connotation, rhetoric

84.

Taking the Dialectical Stance in Reasoning with Evidence and Proof

The International Journal of Evidence and Proof, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Apr 2019
Floris Bex and Douglas Walton
University of Groningen and University of Windsor
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evidence-based explanations, burdens and standards of proof, combining arguments and explanations

85.

Practical Reasoning in the Deliberations of an Intelligent Autonomous Agent

D. Walton, Practical Reasoning in the Deliberations of an Intelligent Agent, in Blended Cognition: The Robotic Challenge, ed. J, Vallverdu and J. Mueller, Cham: Springer, 2019, 53-84.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Jun 2019
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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goal-based reasoning, rational deliberation, means-end reasoning, instrumental practical reasoning, value-based practical reasoning, argumentation, multi-agent reasoning

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Speech Acts and Burden of Proof in Computational Models of Deliberation Dialogue

Proceedings of the First European Conference on Argumentation, ed. D. Mohammed and M. Lewinski, London, College Publications, Vol. 1, p. 757-776, 2016
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Oct 2016
Douglas Walton, Alice Toniolo and Timothy Norman
University of Windsor, University of St. Andrews and University of Aberdeen
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Burden of Proof, Deliberation Dialogue, Dialogue Protocol, Multiagent Systems, Norms

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Diagnosing Misattribution of Commitments: A Normative and Pragmatic Model for Assessing Straw Man

Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno, Further Advances in Pragmatics and Philosophy: Part 2 Theories and Applications, ed. Alessandro Capone, Marco Carapezza and Franco Lo Piparo, Cham, Springer, 2019, 111-136.
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Jun 2019
Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno
University of Windsor and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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straw man fallacy, commitment, twisting words, misquotation

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Control

Behaviorism, 2(2), 1974, 162-171.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 Dec 2017
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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control, behaviorism, positive control, negative control, actions

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A Note on Motives, Consequences and Value

The Journal of Value Inquiry, 10, 1976, 149-150.
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor
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argument from consequences, values, practical reasoning

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Representing Argumentation with Constraint Handling Rules

Argument & Computation 9 (2018) 91–119 91, DOI 10.3233/AAC-180039
Posted: 02 Apr 2019
Thomas F. Gordon, Horst Friedrich and Douglas Walton
University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Windsor

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Argumentation schemes, argument generation, rule-based systems, logic programming

91.

Arguments from Authority and Expert Opinion in Computational Argumentation Systems

D. Walton and M. Koszowy, Arguments from Authority and Expert Opinion in Computational Argumentation Systems, AI and Society 32(4), 2017, 483-496.
Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor

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deontic authority, fallacious argument from authority (argumentum ad verecundiam), argument from expert opinion, defeasible argumentation

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Towards a Richer Model of Deliberation Dialogue: Closure Problem and Change of Circumstances

Argument and Computation, Vol. 7, No. 2-3, p. 155-173, 2016
Posted: 02 Aug 2017
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor

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Practical Reasoning, Dialogue Closure, Decision-Making, Argumentation

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Profiles of Dialogue for Repairing Faults in Arguments from Expert Opinion

Posted: 12 Oct 2016
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor

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Arguments from Authority; Argument from Expert Opinion; Profiles of Dialogue; Examination of Expert Witnesses; Argument Graphs; Ad Verecundiam Fallacy

94.

Identifying Paralogisms in Two Ethnically Different Contexts at University Level

Journal Infancia y Aprendizaje, Vol. 39(1), p. 119-149, 2016
Posted: 12 Oct 2016
Douglas Walton
University of Windsor

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Argument Fallacies; Paraschemes; University Students; Study Major; Cultures